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RALLY TOMORROW
The first football rally of the year will be held tomorrow in Bovard Auditorium at 10 o'clock. Paul Elmquist, yell king, expects to give the entire student body a snappy workout in preparation for the game with Occidental on the following day, which will open the 1927 schedule for Coach Howard Jones’ Thundering Herd.
TRY-OUT REPORTERS
All reporters trying out for the Trojan Staff will be given duplicate assignments of those given to the regular writers. They will cover the story separately, receiving the assignment from the list posted in the Student Store, and the story must be typewritten and turned in to the Trojan office by 2 o’clock of the same day.
VOLUME XIX.
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, September 22, 1927
NUMBER 4
Musical Groups Have Extensive Plans For Year
Band, Orchestra, and Other Organizations Will Have Tryouts.
That plans are being formed whereby all previous records for public appearances will be eclipsed during the coming year, is tbe announcement of Harold Roberts, director of the Musical Organizations department.
Tryouts for the various organizations will be held soon, and it is expected that a large number of musicians, particularly those of the freshman class will seek places in the glee clubs, band, orchestra and mandolin cub, according to Roberts.
RAPID PROGRESS Although the glee clubs and band have been institutions at Southern California for some years, the orchestra, Jtnown as the Trojan Little Symphony, under the direction of Bert Teazle, and the S. C. Mandolin Club, under the direction of Zarh Bickford were just formed last year. They have progressed rapidly, and are now included as recognized members of the Musical Organizations department. The Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs are under the direction of J. Arthur Lewis, while the Trojan band which has been named “the foremost college band in the United States” is directed by Harold Roberts.
The Trojan band held tryouts in the Musical Organizations building last night ,and according to Hal Grayson, manager, a large number of musicians turned out. Opportunities for members of the band are greater than ever before, states Grayson, due to an increased attendance and the fulfillment of plans which have been under consideration for some time.
Tryouts for the Men’s Glee Club will be on September 27. The club is being managed this year by Walter Zamecnik who states that many interesting features will comprise the club’s program of activities for this year.
The Women’s Glee Club, under the management of Edith Lingerfelt, will hold tryouts on the evening of September 30. liast year, this club took a concert tour through the south, and according to Miss Lingerfelt, this year’s program will in no wise be less interesting than that of last year.
Miss Lillian Smith, manager of the orchestra and mandolin clubs has announced tryouts for those organizations as being held on October 4 and 11, and has expressed the hope that many S. C. musicians will tryout for positions in the ensembles.
CHEER LEADER TO TEST NEW ‘KID’HOPEFULS
Tryouts for the positions of assistant yell kings will be held Friday morning, September 29, according to an announcement of Paul Elmquist, head yell Sting.
“I want to meet all candidates for these positions on the stage of Bovard Auditorium at noon tomorrow in order to become acquainted with them and settle any questions which may arise concerning eligibility,” stated Elmquist.
“A special invitation is extended to freshmen to try out. This is not only a chance for ambitious freshmen to enter campus activities, but fosters the spirit of leadership,” he continued.
Students from every college of the university are eligible to try out for the positions of assistant yell kings, the field not being confined to Liberal Arts. The duties of the men selected will include leading of yells and songs, as well as presenting bleacher stunts under the leadership of Elmquist.
STONIER IS NEW PILOT OF AD MEN
Will Head Annual Confab in Honolulu; Replaces Marshall Dana.
DR. McCLUNG IS HONORED
Commerce Smoker Held Tonight To Welcome New Dean and Freshmen.
Dr. Reid McClung, Dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration, and all Commerce freshmen will be guests this evening at a smoker at the Delta Sigma Pi house, 355 West 27th Street at 7:30 o’clock.
This will be an official welcome given to the new dean and to all freshmen in the College of Commerce. Every freshman is invited to attend and to become acquainted with his fellow classmen, the student body officers and the new dean. Wally Hicks, president of the student body, has charge of the evening program and promises entertainment of an interesting nature.
As this is the first social evening on the College of Commerce student calendar, it affords an excellent chance for freshmen to become familiar with the various institutions and traditions of the college.
X GROUPS MEET FROSH TONIGHT
The Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. will give their first regular reception and dinner tonight at 8 o’clock in the “Y hut.” All students are invited to attend the reception and dinner.
In the receiving line will be the President and Mrs. von KieinSmid, the Dean and Mrs. Waugh, Glen Turner, Rosita Hopps, President of the Y. W. C. A., and Stanley Hopper, President of the Y. M. C. A. According to Hopper, the nature of the affair is to be on the order of an informal get-together. Kenneth Faulk-er has promised a program of entertainment, and a good time is assured to everyone who attends.
These dinners are weekly affairs that are given every Wednesday evening. The next Wednesday’s dinnr will be featured with a council meeting and a report on the Catalina conference.
Last night the “Y” gave a stag smoker at the men’s Gym, with free refreshments afterward in the “Y hut” The “Y” is getting off to a good start, and expects a bigger and better year than ever before.
CHEST WITHDRAWS AID TO CHEDREN
Following recommendation by the social service department of the Los Angeles Community Chest, the Children’s Lodge Day Nursery, Sawtelle, has been withdrawn as a Chest beneficiary, according to announcement by Mr3. Henry T. Wright, chairman
o fthe Lodge’s executive committee. This action was taken to prevent duplication of service, which the Chest oposes as uneconomical.
In announcing the committee’s action Mrs. Wright said: “The thought has been with us for some time that perhaps the need for our services was passing. We thank the Community Chest and all its officials for the courtesy they have shown us.”
Honored as one of the outstanding advertising men in the United States, Harold J. Stonier, vice-president of the University, was elected to the presidency of the Pacific Advertising Clubs Association at the organization’s annual convention at Portland. Oregon, in June, and was appointed to the vice-presidency of the International Advertising Association later in the summer.
As president of the Pacific Advertising Clubs Association, Stonier takes over the office formerly held by Marshall N. Dana, associate editor of the Portland “Oregon Journal.” The election of Stonier to the office took place at the 24th annual convention of the Association at Portland, June 18-22, which he attended as president of the Los Angeles Advertising Club.
Stonier is scheduled to make a trip to Honolulu in December to make arrangements for the next annual convention of the Association, which is to meet there in June. Governor Wallace R. Farrington of Hawaii is to ac-: as chairman of the convention.
As vice-president of the International Advertising Association, Stonier will discharge the duties of chairman of the twelfth district of that organization. He wati appointed to the office at the national convention of the Association at Denver on August 5. Stonier was also one of a group of bankers and members of the Arrerican Institute of Banking from this city who attended the annual convention of the A. I. B. in Detroit in the early part of July.
Dr. R. B. von KieinSmid, president of the University, was called upon to describe the school of international relations at S. C. to the International Conference of Teachers attending the second biennial conference of the World Federation of Educational Associations at Toronto, August 11. Four thousand delegates attended the conference .which looked toward the inauguration of a world-wide crusade in behalf of international understanding and good will. Dr. von Klein-Smid’s photograph apeared on the front page of the Christian Science Monitor in connection with a long article dealing with the work of the conference.
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TROJAN OATH; ALUMNI IDEAL, IS VOLUNTARY
This is the Trojan Oath.
No one will administer it to anyone else; no one will compel anyone to take it.
I pledge I will never bring disgrace to Southern California, my University, by any unsportsmanlike act, or dishonorable conduct in the classroom or on the fields of competition.
I will fight for the ideals and sacred things of Troy, both alone and with many; I will revere and obey the traditions and do my best to incite a like respect and reverence in others who may be prone to annul or to set them at naught.
I will strive unceasingly to quicken the general sense of University unity and Trojan duty.
I pledge ever to remember that I am a Trojan and a keeper of the Trojan Spirit. Thus in all these w'ays, I will transmit this University greafter, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to me.
EL. RODEO BEGINS WORK FOR 1928
El Rodeo work already has begun, according to Dave Bryant, editor-in-chief. Contracts have been let for the engraving, printing .photography, covers, and art work, and an artist already is at work making up the drawings. Appointments to positions on tile staff have not yet been made, but it is expected that they will be announced in about ten days, when registration will be complete and class schedules definitely arranged.
$1000 PRIZE IS OFFERED FOR COLLEGIATE PLAY
NOTICE
All Daily Editors are requested to meet “Deke” Houlgate in the Trojan office today promptly at 1 o’clock to arrange desk assignments for the year.
Have you read the Trojan Ads?
Boston, Mass.—The startling number of suicides among college students during the past year has lead a patron of the Repertory Theatre of Boston to offer $1,000 for the best American play which shall hold up faith in life to the youth of America. The announcement of this prize has been made by the trustees of the Repertory Theatre through whom the award will be made. The competition is open to any person who shall have been a student in any college, university, or dramatic school in the United States at any time during the calendar year of 1927.
The committee of final award will consist of Winthrop Ames and David Belasco, theatrical producers, Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America and head of the newly organized society, the Church and Stage, Dr. John H. Finley, former commissioner of education of- New
York State and editor of the New York Times, and Mrs. Frances Jewett representing the trustees of the Repertory Theatre of Boston.
All plays to be considered in this competition must be of sufficient length to provide a full evening’s program. They must be in the hands of the trustees of the Repertory Theatre by midnight of December 31, 1927, or have been placed in the mails by that time. The rules of the competition further provide that each play must be typewritten on one side of the paper only, that each play must be submitted anonymously with the name and ad-cress of the author in a sealed envelope attached to the manuscript, and that the play should be addressed to the Prize Play Committee, the Repertory Theatre of Boston, 264 Huntington (Continued on Page Two)
PLAN OUTING TO CATALINA
Y. M. C. A. Conference is Arranged To Help New Students Get Acquainted.
To provide means of having a good week-end vacation before school wrork starts in earnest, and to furnish an opportunity for new students to get acquainted the yearly Y. M. C. A. conference will start on Friday at Catalina Island.
Those planning to go on the weekend outing should sign up at the “Y” hut today before 5 o’clock. The deposit of $6.00, which includes round trip transportation, two nights lodging, and the banquet on Saturday night, at which President R. B. von-KleinSmid, William Henley, student body president, and mony other prominent men in the school will speak. The six meals over there will be extra. The fare will be $1.10 more for those not signing up by tonight.
The conference has always been a great success ,and those who are new to S. C., or have never been on the annual Catalina outing, are urged to go this year. Good fellowship is the keynote of the excursion. The student officers and prominent faculty members of the university work towards its success. It is especially arranged for the benefit of the new student
The conference special train leaves the Pacific Electric station at Sixth and Main streets on Friday morning, at 8:45, bound for Wilmington. From there the group will embark on the ten o’clock boat to Avalon, which arrives at about one o’clock. The conference will be at Pebbly Beach, near Avalon, in the villa there.
On Friday afternoon there will be swimming and other sports. At night there will be a meeting around an open fire, where there will be entertainment, and discussions.
Saturday will be devoted to sports and other events. On Saturday night the big banquet will take place, for which an extensive program has been arranged, including addresses by prominent men.
The conference is scheduled to adjourn Sunday afternoon, when the four o’clock boat will be taken back to the mainland. It arrives at about seven o’clock. Those planning to go on the trip should be sure to sign up for it today^y j
SPEECH RECITALS IN ATHENA HALL
Various events are being scheduled by the School of Speech for this semester, according to Tacie Mae Hannah, director. A speech recital will be held Friday morning at 9 o’clock in Athena Hall for the purpose of introducing Faculty members. A banquet for the alumnae will be staged a week from Friday. Among those who will receive invitations are Milton Sills, Ethel Clayton and lone Keith. A masquerade dance will be given this month by this department for all those enrolled in the school.
Changes Made In S.C. Constitution Solve Problems
Adjustment is Intended To Help Independent Colleges of University.
Ratification of an adjusted Associated Student Body Constitution by the independent colleges of Southern California will be in order very soon. This is the announcement which came from the office of the associated student body president yesterday.
This constitution follows as nearly as possible the Constitution of the United States in its basic principles of government both for the independent colleges and for the associated students body. An outline for the government of the separate colleges is included, methods for meeting problems which may appear in the future, and adjustments for the government of the associated students are included in the plans set forth by this committee.
ALL EQUAL According to tbe^plans, Liberal Arts student body is to be organized as are the other independent colleges and will * be on the same basis as are they in the plan of government. The method of ratification of the revised student constitution closely follows the plan set forth in the United States Constitution for the ratification by states. Thi9 will be expained in detail to the students when the constitution is put up for ratification. This adjusted constitution is said to be adequate to all problems of each college and at the same time to provide for the government of the associated student organization. This eliminated the criticism of the constitution as it was revised last year: that besides being inadequate to meet the demands of the independent colleges, it was simply an enlarge ment of the Liberal Arts constitution When this was pointed out after the College of Dentistry student body did not ratify the revision at the end of the second semester last year, the associatetd student body executive committee decided that changes were necessary. It could 'either be amended or adjusted. The method of adjustment was chosen.
COX LEADER For this purpose, then, the executive committee, before the close of the semester last June, appointed a constitutional adjustment committee to so change the revised constitution as to meet all problems which might arise. With the direction of James Mussatti, who was director of student elections last year, and under chairmanship of Morgan Cox, the constitution was adjusted to meet all exigencies of all colleges. The committee has worked all summer on the plan and, after the next meeting, which will be sometime next week, will submit the finished product to the associated executive committee.
Members of the Constitutional Adjustment Committee are: Morgan Cox, chairman; James Mussatti, advisor on technicalities; Edwin Bauer, student body president of architecture;- Wallace Hicks, student body president of commerce; Ross Lelan-skey, president of the student body (Continued on Page Four)
NEW CLASSROOMS AND TWO BUILDINGS TO BE ERECTED ON CAMPUS
Engineering Barn and Geology Building Will Be Razed To Make Room For Three Story Addition to Science Building.
* By RALPH FLYNN
Confirming rumors prevalent concerning the erection of new classroom buildings, the tearing down of old ones, an<t the filling in of University Avenue to for a campus for S. C., Prof. J. Wyman Ludlow, campus engineer, said yesterday, “Construction on the campus is to be continuous. It is-hoped that the next classroom building may be started before the close of the present school-year, but this cannot be definitely stated at this time.”
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closing and filling in or University
S.C. LOCAL IS HONORED
Sigma Delta, Social Sorority, Installed As Sigma Delta Tau; Mu Chapter.
Southern California’s fourteenth national sorority took its place on the campus July 19th last when the local Sigma Delta sorority was istal-led as Mu chapter of Sigma Delta Tau. The ritual was given the new initiates by sisters from all sections of the United States at the Concordia Club, Los Angeles.
Two representatives of every fraternity and sorority on the Southern California campus also attended. The following girls are charter members: Misses Shuken, Myers, Chais, Berger, Katz, Fern, Vinnicoff, Sells, Dobrosky and Mrs. Frieda Singer Goldsmith.
Sigma Delta Tau is the second largest Jewish sorority in the United States. It was founded in 1917 at New York University. There are thirteen chapters in the organization which is international in its scope. Mis. Elias V. Rosecranz is honorary member, and patroness of the local chapter.
DORMITORY GIRLS ARRANGE DANCES
Plans are being formulated at the Women’s Residence Hall for the coming semester. A varied type of entertainments In the form of dances and dinners will be staged according To Georgia Rogers, social chairman.
Wednesday evening an informal dance will be held for the Frosh women and all newcomers to the dormitory. According to present plans a formal dinner will be held bi-monthly on Wednesday evenings to which guests will be invited. A program in the drawing room will follow these dinners.
In the fall a series of dances will be featured. A sport dance in October will be followed by a Christmas dance in December. At a house meeting Tuesday night an informal initi-
ation was held for Freshman women.
the incoming
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COLLEGE OF MUSIC SETS ENROLLMENT RECORD
Avenue, after the proposed Hoover diagonal cut is completed, Prof. Ludlow evinced surprise and said that the matter had never come to his attention before. He further stated that such action was not probable inasmuch as the space is invaluable for the parking of students’ cars. He intimated that the plan of the street might be changed architecturally, with a fountain or something similar in the center as is the case on many campuses. “Even this plan has never been in the minds of the administration,” he said. “If such is adopted, it will mean that the campus wiil probably center on University Avenue.” The construction in question is the erection of a large classroom building on the site of the present geology building, the erection of another building between that and the corner of Exposition Boulevard, on the plot of ground now used as a parking station, the razing of the old engineering “Barn” to make way for a three story addition to the science building, and the transferring of the engineering department to the Old Co/lege and of the physics department to the science building addition.
The new classroom building on the Geology building site will probably be the first work to be finished. With the completion of this building, the classes now being held in the "Barn” can be transferred and the work on the Science addition started.
The Old College building has been undergoing an intensive program of repair work during the summer vacation. The first floor and basement have been repaired, and all electrical work throughout the building has been checked and placed in conduits. New type ball chandeliers have been hung in the building, and additional lighting facilities provided for the collateral library. Repair work has been under way in many of the other buildings.
Three classrooms have been added through the acquisition, by the University, of the property at 834 West 36th Place. With this and the rearrangement of other rooms, the administration has provided facilities for a ten per cent increase in enrollment over last year.
Torch and Tassel will meet at 12 o’clock this noon at Y. W. C. A. lodge. All members must be present
Enrollment in the College of Music, which is located at 2601 South Grand Avenue, Is particularly large this semester, according to Mrs. Edna V. Barnes, Secretary, and, as registration is still in progress, it is expected that a great increase over last year’s attendance will be reached.
All courses have been revised and many new features have been added to the regular curriculum of the Music College. One of the most important changes that has been put into effect this semester is the provision that no more diploma courses will be given, and instead all courses will be for Bachelor of Music degree.
Special instruction in voice, violin, piano and all types of orchestral instruments is given in the regular program besides a department of organ instruction under the direction of Dean W.
F. Skeele and Mrs. Mabel Culver
Adsit. The College of Music also maintains a full orchestra, which appears in weekly recitals and at various university affairs, where practical experience is given to students interested in this type of study. Another feature of greatest advantage to the music student is- the weekly recital at which the pupil is afforded an opportunity to make a public appearance before the entfre school giving either a vocal or an instrumental number.
The faculty of this College abounds in authorities in all types of musical training and includes a department of Public School music where students are trained to become supervisors and teachers of music In the public schools. Miss Dorothy Bishop, who graduated from the College of Music last year, has been added to the faculty as Assistant in the Normal Training Department.
DATE OF CLASS BRAWL CHANGED
Members of the Frosh class who are nursing grudges against certain members of the Sophomore class who subjected them to humiliation before the rest of the student body will be forced to hold in check their desires for revenge another week, for Eddie Oudermuellen, President of the Trojan Knights announced yesterday that owing to the fact that the Frosh class is as yet in a state of disorganization the annual Soph-Frosh brawl will be postponed until one week from this afternoon. The affair was to have been held today on Bovard Field.
Last year the Frosh class emerged victorious after a strenuous afternoon, which fact signifies that the present wearers o’ the green are In for not a little trouble. However, the class of ’31 has among its members quite a number of youths who look very capable of taking care of themselves in any kind of an imbroglio.
A tug of war, a pushball contest, and a tie-up are the three forms of competition in which the Sophs and Freshies tangle. The class which emerges victorious in two out of the three contests of course is the winner of the entire event.

RALLY TOMORROW
The first football rally of the year will be held tomorrow in Bovard Auditorium at 10 o'clock. Paul Elmquist, yell king, expects to give the entire student body a snappy workout in preparation for the game with Occidental on the following day, which will open the 1927 schedule for Coach Howard Jones’ Thundering Herd.
TRY-OUT REPORTERS
All reporters trying out for the Trojan Staff will be given duplicate assignments of those given to the regular writers. They will cover the story separately, receiving the assignment from the list posted in the Student Store, and the story must be typewritten and turned in to the Trojan office by 2 o’clock of the same day.
VOLUME XIX.
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, September 22, 1927
NUMBER 4
Musical Groups Have Extensive Plans For Year
Band, Orchestra, and Other Organizations Will Have Tryouts.
That plans are being formed whereby all previous records for public appearances will be eclipsed during the coming year, is tbe announcement of Harold Roberts, director of the Musical Organizations department.
Tryouts for the various organizations will be held soon, and it is expected that a large number of musicians, particularly those of the freshman class will seek places in the glee clubs, band, orchestra and mandolin cub, according to Roberts.
RAPID PROGRESS Although the glee clubs and band have been institutions at Southern California for some years, the orchestra, Jtnown as the Trojan Little Symphony, under the direction of Bert Teazle, and the S. C. Mandolin Club, under the direction of Zarh Bickford were just formed last year. They have progressed rapidly, and are now included as recognized members of the Musical Organizations department. The Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs are under the direction of J. Arthur Lewis, while the Trojan band which has been named “the foremost college band in the United States” is directed by Harold Roberts.
The Trojan band held tryouts in the Musical Organizations building last night ,and according to Hal Grayson, manager, a large number of musicians turned out. Opportunities for members of the band are greater than ever before, states Grayson, due to an increased attendance and the fulfillment of plans which have been under consideration for some time.
Tryouts for the Men’s Glee Club will be on September 27. The club is being managed this year by Walter Zamecnik who states that many interesting features will comprise the club’s program of activities for this year.
The Women’s Glee Club, under the management of Edith Lingerfelt, will hold tryouts on the evening of September 30. liast year, this club took a concert tour through the south, and according to Miss Lingerfelt, this year’s program will in no wise be less interesting than that of last year.
Miss Lillian Smith, manager of the orchestra and mandolin clubs has announced tryouts for those organizations as being held on October 4 and 11, and has expressed the hope that many S. C. musicians will tryout for positions in the ensembles.
CHEER LEADER TO TEST NEW ‘KID’HOPEFULS
Tryouts for the positions of assistant yell kings will be held Friday morning, September 29, according to an announcement of Paul Elmquist, head yell Sting.
“I want to meet all candidates for these positions on the stage of Bovard Auditorium at noon tomorrow in order to become acquainted with them and settle any questions which may arise concerning eligibility,” stated Elmquist.
“A special invitation is extended to freshmen to try out. This is not only a chance for ambitious freshmen to enter campus activities, but fosters the spirit of leadership,” he continued.
Students from every college of the university are eligible to try out for the positions of assistant yell kings, the field not being confined to Liberal Arts. The duties of the men selected will include leading of yells and songs, as well as presenting bleacher stunts under the leadership of Elmquist.
STONIER IS NEW PILOT OF AD MEN
Will Head Annual Confab in Honolulu; Replaces Marshall Dana.
DR. McCLUNG IS HONORED
Commerce Smoker Held Tonight To Welcome New Dean and Freshmen.
Dr. Reid McClung, Dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration, and all Commerce freshmen will be guests this evening at a smoker at the Delta Sigma Pi house, 355 West 27th Street at 7:30 o’clock.
This will be an official welcome given to the new dean and to all freshmen in the College of Commerce. Every freshman is invited to attend and to become acquainted with his fellow classmen, the student body officers and the new dean. Wally Hicks, president of the student body, has charge of the evening program and promises entertainment of an interesting nature.
As this is the first social evening on the College of Commerce student calendar, it affords an excellent chance for freshmen to become familiar with the various institutions and traditions of the college.
X GROUPS MEET FROSH TONIGHT
The Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. will give their first regular reception and dinner tonight at 8 o’clock in the “Y hut.” All students are invited to attend the reception and dinner.
In the receiving line will be the President and Mrs. von KieinSmid, the Dean and Mrs. Waugh, Glen Turner, Rosita Hopps, President of the Y. W. C. A., and Stanley Hopper, President of the Y. M. C. A. According to Hopper, the nature of the affair is to be on the order of an informal get-together. Kenneth Faulk-er has promised a program of entertainment, and a good time is assured to everyone who attends.
These dinners are weekly affairs that are given every Wednesday evening. The next Wednesday’s dinnr will be featured with a council meeting and a report on the Catalina conference.
Last night the “Y” gave a stag smoker at the men’s Gym, with free refreshments afterward in the “Y hut” The “Y” is getting off to a good start, and expects a bigger and better year than ever before.
CHEST WITHDRAWS AID TO CHEDREN
Following recommendation by the social service department of the Los Angeles Community Chest, the Children’s Lodge Day Nursery, Sawtelle, has been withdrawn as a Chest beneficiary, according to announcement by Mr3. Henry T. Wright, chairman
o fthe Lodge’s executive committee. This action was taken to prevent duplication of service, which the Chest oposes as uneconomical.
In announcing the committee’s action Mrs. Wright said: “The thought has been with us for some time that perhaps the need for our services was passing. We thank the Community Chest and all its officials for the courtesy they have shown us.”
Honored as one of the outstanding advertising men in the United States, Harold J. Stonier, vice-president of the University, was elected to the presidency of the Pacific Advertising Clubs Association at the organization’s annual convention at Portland. Oregon, in June, and was appointed to the vice-presidency of the International Advertising Association later in the summer.
As president of the Pacific Advertising Clubs Association, Stonier takes over the office formerly held by Marshall N. Dana, associate editor of the Portland “Oregon Journal.” The election of Stonier to the office took place at the 24th annual convention of the Association at Portland, June 18-22, which he attended as president of the Los Angeles Advertising Club.
Stonier is scheduled to make a trip to Honolulu in December to make arrangements for the next annual convention of the Association, which is to meet there in June. Governor Wallace R. Farrington of Hawaii is to ac-: as chairman of the convention.
As vice-president of the International Advertising Association, Stonier will discharge the duties of chairman of the twelfth district of that organization. He wati appointed to the office at the national convention of the Association at Denver on August 5. Stonier was also one of a group of bankers and members of the Arrerican Institute of Banking from this city who attended the annual convention of the A. I. B. in Detroit in the early part of July.
Dr. R. B. von KieinSmid, president of the University, was called upon to describe the school of international relations at S. C. to the International Conference of Teachers attending the second biennial conference of the World Federation of Educational Associations at Toronto, August 11. Four thousand delegates attended the conference .which looked toward the inauguration of a world-wide crusade in behalf of international understanding and good will. Dr. von Klein-Smid’s photograph apeared on the front page of the Christian Science Monitor in connection with a long article dealing with the work of the conference.
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TROJAN OATH; ALUMNI IDEAL, IS VOLUNTARY
This is the Trojan Oath.
No one will administer it to anyone else; no one will compel anyone to take it.
I pledge I will never bring disgrace to Southern California, my University, by any unsportsmanlike act, or dishonorable conduct in the classroom or on the fields of competition.
I will fight for the ideals and sacred things of Troy, both alone and with many; I will revere and obey the traditions and do my best to incite a like respect and reverence in others who may be prone to annul or to set them at naught.
I will strive unceasingly to quicken the general sense of University unity and Trojan duty.
I pledge ever to remember that I am a Trojan and a keeper of the Trojan Spirit. Thus in all these w'ays, I will transmit this University greafter, better and more beautiful than it was transmitted to me.
EL. RODEO BEGINS WORK FOR 1928
El Rodeo work already has begun, according to Dave Bryant, editor-in-chief. Contracts have been let for the engraving, printing .photography, covers, and art work, and an artist already is at work making up the drawings. Appointments to positions on tile staff have not yet been made, but it is expected that they will be announced in about ten days, when registration will be complete and class schedules definitely arranged.
$1000 PRIZE IS OFFERED FOR COLLEGIATE PLAY
NOTICE
All Daily Editors are requested to meet “Deke” Houlgate in the Trojan office today promptly at 1 o’clock to arrange desk assignments for the year.
Have you read the Trojan Ads?
Boston, Mass.—The startling number of suicides among college students during the past year has lead a patron of the Repertory Theatre of Boston to offer $1,000 for the best American play which shall hold up faith in life to the youth of America. The announcement of this prize has been made by the trustees of the Repertory Theatre through whom the award will be made. The competition is open to any person who shall have been a student in any college, university, or dramatic school in the United States at any time during the calendar year of 1927.
The committee of final award will consist of Winthrop Ames and David Belasco, theatrical producers, Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America and head of the newly organized society, the Church and Stage, Dr. John H. Finley, former commissioner of education of- New
York State and editor of the New York Times, and Mrs. Frances Jewett representing the trustees of the Repertory Theatre of Boston.
All plays to be considered in this competition must be of sufficient length to provide a full evening’s program. They must be in the hands of the trustees of the Repertory Theatre by midnight of December 31, 1927, or have been placed in the mails by that time. The rules of the competition further provide that each play must be typewritten on one side of the paper only, that each play must be submitted anonymously with the name and ad-cress of the author in a sealed envelope attached to the manuscript, and that the play should be addressed to the Prize Play Committee, the Repertory Theatre of Boston, 264 Huntington (Continued on Page Two)
PLAN OUTING TO CATALINA
Y. M. C. A. Conference is Arranged To Help New Students Get Acquainted.
To provide means of having a good week-end vacation before school wrork starts in earnest, and to furnish an opportunity for new students to get acquainted the yearly Y. M. C. A. conference will start on Friday at Catalina Island.
Those planning to go on the weekend outing should sign up at the “Y” hut today before 5 o’clock. The deposit of $6.00, which includes round trip transportation, two nights lodging, and the banquet on Saturday night, at which President R. B. von-KleinSmid, William Henley, student body president, and mony other prominent men in the school will speak. The six meals over there will be extra. The fare will be $1.10 more for those not signing up by tonight.
The conference has always been a great success ,and those who are new to S. C., or have never been on the annual Catalina outing, are urged to go this year. Good fellowship is the keynote of the excursion. The student officers and prominent faculty members of the university work towards its success. It is especially arranged for the benefit of the new student
The conference special train leaves the Pacific Electric station at Sixth and Main streets on Friday morning, at 8:45, bound for Wilmington. From there the group will embark on the ten o’clock boat to Avalon, which arrives at about one o’clock. The conference will be at Pebbly Beach, near Avalon, in the villa there.
On Friday afternoon there will be swimming and other sports. At night there will be a meeting around an open fire, where there will be entertainment, and discussions.
Saturday will be devoted to sports and other events. On Saturday night the big banquet will take place, for which an extensive program has been arranged, including addresses by prominent men.
The conference is scheduled to adjourn Sunday afternoon, when the four o’clock boat will be taken back to the mainland. It arrives at about seven o’clock. Those planning to go on the trip should be sure to sign up for it today^y j
SPEECH RECITALS IN ATHENA HALL
Various events are being scheduled by the School of Speech for this semester, according to Tacie Mae Hannah, director. A speech recital will be held Friday morning at 9 o’clock in Athena Hall for the purpose of introducing Faculty members. A banquet for the alumnae will be staged a week from Friday. Among those who will receive invitations are Milton Sills, Ethel Clayton and lone Keith. A masquerade dance will be given this month by this department for all those enrolled in the school.
Changes Made In S.C. Constitution Solve Problems
Adjustment is Intended To Help Independent Colleges of University.
Ratification of an adjusted Associated Student Body Constitution by the independent colleges of Southern California will be in order very soon. This is the announcement which came from the office of the associated student body president yesterday.
This constitution follows as nearly as possible the Constitution of the United States in its basic principles of government both for the independent colleges and for the associated students body. An outline for the government of the separate colleges is included, methods for meeting problems which may appear in the future, and adjustments for the government of the associated students are included in the plans set forth by this committee.
ALL EQUAL According to tbe^plans, Liberal Arts student body is to be organized as are the other independent colleges and will * be on the same basis as are they in the plan of government. The method of ratification of the revised student constitution closely follows the plan set forth in the United States Constitution for the ratification by states. Thi9 will be expained in detail to the students when the constitution is put up for ratification. This adjusted constitution is said to be adequate to all problems of each college and at the same time to provide for the government of the associated student organization. This eliminated the criticism of the constitution as it was revised last year: that besides being inadequate to meet the demands of the independent colleges, it was simply an enlarge ment of the Liberal Arts constitution When this was pointed out after the College of Dentistry student body did not ratify the revision at the end of the second semester last year, the associatetd student body executive committee decided that changes were necessary. It could 'either be amended or adjusted. The method of adjustment was chosen.
COX LEADER For this purpose, then, the executive committee, before the close of the semester last June, appointed a constitutional adjustment committee to so change the revised constitution as to meet all problems which might arise. With the direction of James Mussatti, who was director of student elections last year, and under chairmanship of Morgan Cox, the constitution was adjusted to meet all exigencies of all colleges. The committee has worked all summer on the plan and, after the next meeting, which will be sometime next week, will submit the finished product to the associated executive committee.
Members of the Constitutional Adjustment Committee are: Morgan Cox, chairman; James Mussatti, advisor on technicalities; Edwin Bauer, student body president of architecture;- Wallace Hicks, student body president of commerce; Ross Lelan-skey, president of the student body (Continued on Page Four)
NEW CLASSROOMS AND TWO BUILDINGS TO BE ERECTED ON CAMPUS
Engineering Barn and Geology Building Will Be Razed To Make Room For Three Story Addition to Science Building.
* By RALPH FLYNN
Confirming rumors prevalent concerning the erection of new classroom buildings, the tearing down of old ones, an